Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Irish sámas.[2] By surface analysis, sámh +‎ -as. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic samhas.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

sámhas m (genitive singular sámhais)

  1. pleasure (especially bodily or sensual pleasure, including sexual enjoyment), delight

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
sámhas shámhas
after an, tsámhas
not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ sámhas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “sámas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 294, page 104

Further reading edit